Locomotive-tender frame.



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PATENTED OCT. 18, 1904.

T. E. ADAMS.

LOGOMGTIVE TENDER FRAME.

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PATENT OEEICE.

THOMAS E. ADAMS, OF PINE BLUFF, ARKANSAS.

LOCOIlllOTIVE-TENDER FRAME'.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 772,328, dated October 18, 1904.

Application filed August l, 1904.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS E. ADAMS, aV citizen of the United States, residing at Pine Blu, in the county of Jefferson and State of j Arkansas, have invented a new and useful Im- .mediate cross-pieces, composed, usually, of

rolled channel or other shaped iron bars fiXed together at their junctions to each other by angles and rivets combined with suitably-disposed bracing, the frame so constructed having separate body-bolsters fixed thereto on its under side, by which construction, owing to the continual working of the parts, their fastenings are liable to become loosened and the stability of the frame thereby endangered. I My invention consists, essentially, in making the tender-frame integral throughout conjointly with adapting two of its integral crosspieces to be used as the tender body-bolsters in lieu of making' these bolsters separate and attached to the frame as heretofore, combined with minor features of novelty, as hereinafter described and claimed, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, whereon- Figure 1 is a top plan of a preferred form of my improved tender-frame; Fig. 2, a side elevation thereof; Fig. 3, a vertical longitudinal section through the frame on line 3 3 in Fig. 1; Fig. 4, a transverse section thereof on line 1 4 in Fig. 1; Fig. 5, a transverse section, to enlarged scale, through the middle portion of the frame on line 5 5in Fig. 1; Fig. 6, a cross-section, to enlarged scale,

through one of the intermediate. cross-pieces of the frame on line 6 6 in Fig. 1, showing the intersecting portions of the adjacent longitudinal piece of the frame in side elevation; Figs. 7 and 8, sections ,corresponding to Figs. 4. and 6, respectively, throughy a modified form Serial No. 219,080. (No model.)

i `of the frame; Fig. 9, atop plan showing my improved frame, broken away, made in two parts and means for fixing the parts together; Fig. 10, a transverse section, to enlarged scale, through one of the. intermediate longitudinal pieces of the frame on line 10 10 in Fig. 9; Fig. 11, a side elevation, to enlarged scale, of the frame seen in Fig. 9, broken away at the 'l junction of its divided parts; and Fig. 12, a

cross-section, to enlarged scale, through one of the end pieces, or buffer-beams in this case, of the frame on line 12 12 in Fig. 9, showing a portion of the adjacent side piece of the frame in side elevation.

Like letters and numerals of reference denote like parts in all the gures.

Referring to Figs. 1 to 6 of the drawings,

c represents my improved tender-frame,which comprises the longitudinal side pieces or'sills 1, intermediate longitudinal pieces 2, end pieces 3, a middle cross-piece 1, and two intermediate cross-pieces 5, all of which pieces are composed, preferably, of cast-steel integral throughout. The side and intermediate longitudinal pieces l and 2 are preferably channel-shaped in cross-section, while the middle and intermediate cross-pieces i and 5 are preferably I-shaped in cross-section. To the end pieces 3, which are preferably L-shaped in cross-section, are bolted the wood bufferbeams 6. The cross-pieces 3, 4:, and 5 where they unite with the longitudinal side and intermediate pieces 1 and 2 are preferably formed with upper and lower corner filling pieces or gussets 7 for strengthening the frame co thereat. The intermediate cross-pieces 5, which are preferably I-shaped, as beforegmentioned, are located and adapted to form the tender body-bolsters, for which purpose the top and bottom iianges 8 8 of each cross-piece 5 are preferably broadened or tapered from their junction integrally with the longitudinal side pieces 1 to their intersection with the intermediate longitudinal pieces 2 and thence IOO of the cross-piece 5, or the cross-piece 5 may be otherwise shaped and the metal distributed therethrough as found most sui table for adapting it to the requirements of the body-bolster.

At one end of the frame e, between the intermediate longitudinal pieces 2, is located the pocket l0, which is perforated vertically for the eng'ine couplingpin, (not shown,) the walls of the pocket l() being cast integral with the frame a, while at the other end of the frame a, between the longitudinal pieces 2, is the pocket 11 for the car draft-gear, (not sh0wn,) which being of the ordinary construction needs no further description, the depending side walls 12, having the follower-plate abutment strips or lugs 12, being cast integral with the frame a, or the pockets 10 and ll may be of separate construction and fixed to the frame a by bolts or rivets.

In the modified form of my improved tender-frame a, as seen in Figs. 7 and 8, the intermediate cross-pieces 5, with their body center plates 9', are extended downward at their middle portions below the level of the frame a to suit a low-truck center plate, in which case the adjacent portions of the intermediate longitudinal pieces 2 arel extended downward accordingly to form a suitable junction with the bottom anges 8 of the crosspieces 5.

Fig. 9 shows my improved frame a divided into two parts (preferably in the middle) and fixed together at their butting ends by preferably upper and lower gusset-shaped coverplates 13, which are riveted to the top and bottom flanges, respectively, of the longitudinal pieces l and 2, Figs. 10 and 1l, and butting end pieces 4Q which in this case are preferably channel-shaped in cross-section.

If desired, the end pieces 3 of the frame a in lieu of being L-shaped in cross-section, as seen in Figs. l, 2, and 3, may be box-shaped, in which case the wood buffer-beams 6 are dispensed with and the box-shaped end pieces 3', (shown in Figs. 9 and 12,) which extend for a suitable distance beyond the side pieces l, substituted therefor.

That I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A locomotive-tender frame, comprising two side and end pieces respectively, and two cross-pieces intermediate and parallel to the end pieces, the said cross-pieces forming the tender body-bolsters perforated respectively for the king-bolt, all the said pieces being integral throughout, substantially as described.

2. A locomotive-tender frame, comprising two side and end pieces respectively. and two cross-pieces intermediate and parallel to the end pieces, the said cross-pieces forming the tender body-holsters and having` respectively the body center plate integral therewith on its under side, and perforated for the king-bolt, all the said pieces being integral throughout, substantially as described.

3. A locomotive-tender frame comprising two side and end pieces respectively, two longitudinal pieces intermediate and parallel to the side pieces, and a cross-piece intermediate and parallel to the end pieces, all the said pieces being integral throughout, and having the pockets for the draft-gears integral therewith, substantially as described.

4. A locomotive-tender frame made `in two parts, each part comprising two side and end pieces respectively, and a cross-piece intermediate and parallel to the end pieces, the said cross-piece forming the tender body-bolster and having the body center plate integral therewith on its under side, and perforated for the king-bolt, all the said pieces being integral throughout, and means for iixing the said parts together, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

THOMAS E. ADAMS. Witnesses C. F. MCCUEN, L. D. WooLEN. 

